Like most broadcast TV awards shows, the Country Music Association Awards TV ratings have seen better days.

The 44th annual CMA Awards is on ABC tonight. Peruse the past ratings and make your guess for tonight's show in the comments. (as is typical, our historical ratings data does not include demo group ratings)

Household

Number of

Number of

Day

Date

Time

Network

Rating

Share

Homes

Viewers

WED

11/22/2009*

8:00PM-11:00PM

ABC

10.2

16

11,764,000

17,177,000

WED

11/12/2008*

8:00PM-11:00PM

ABC

9.6

15

10,997,000

15,905,000

THUR

11/8/2007*

8:00PM-11:00PM

ABC

10

16

11,226,000

15,950,000

MON

11/6/2006*

8:00PM-11:00PM

ABC

9.9

15

11,037,000

15,962,000

TUE

11/15/05

8:00PM-11:01PM

CBS

11.1

17

12,243,000

17,733,000

TUE

11/9/04

8:00PM-11:01PM

CBS

11.5

18

12,570,000

18,456,000

WED

11/5/03

8:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

12.8

20

13,926,000

20,748,000

WED

11/6/02

8:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

11

17

11,689,000

17,610,000

WED

11/7/01

8:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

11

17

11,609,000

17,795,000

WED

10/4/00

8:00PM- 11:01PM

CBS

10.9

17

11,109,000

16,633,000

WED

9/22/99

8:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

12.3

20

12,354,000

18,813,000

WED

9/26/98

8:00PM-11:01PM

CBS

12.3

19

12,177,000

18,367,000

WED

9/24/97

8:00PM-11:01PM

CBS

13.3

21

13,055,000

20,699,000

WED

10/2/96

8:00PM-11:01PM

CBS

14.9

24

14,473,000

22,237,000

WED

10/4/95

8:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

13.1

21

12,519,000

19,613,000

WED

10/5/94

8:00PM-11:02PM

CBS

15.2

24

14,501,000

23,197,000

WED

9/29/93

8:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

16.9

27

15,920,000

27,244,000

WED

9/30/92

9:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

20.3

32

18,899,000

31,241,000

WED

10/2/91

9:00PM-11:10PM

CBS

20.5

33

18,881,000

30,925,000

MON

10/8/90

9:00PM-11:02PM

CBS

17.2

26

16,010,000

27,200,000

MON

10/9/89

9:00PM-11:06PM

CBS

17.9

28

16,490,000

26,647,840

MON

10/10/88

9:00PM-11:08PM

CBS

17.1

26

15,460,000

25,400,780

MON

10/12/87

9:30PM-11:04PM

CBS

17.3

28

15,330,000

25,610,000

MON

10/13/86

9:30PM-11:00PM

CBS

19.2

28

16,780,000

27,921,920

MON

10/14/85

9:30PM-11:12PM

CBS

19.5

30

16,750,000

27,460,000

MON

10/8/84

9:30PM-11:15PM

CBS

15.5

23

13,160,000

18,380,000

MON

10/10/83

9:30PM-11:13PM

CBS

22.6

34

18,940,000

31,950,000

MON

10/11/82

9:30PM-11:06PM

CBS

24.4

38

20,330,000

35,490,000

MON

10/12/81

9:30PM-11:07PM

CBS

20.8

31

16,950,000

29,400,000

MON

10/13/80

9:30PM-11:00PM

CBS

22.9

34

17,820,000

29,740,000

MON

10/8/79

9:30PM-11:00PM

CBS

22.4

34

17,090,000

31,889,940

MON

10/9/78

9:30PM-11:00PM

CBS

25.3

39

18,850,000

36,010,000

MON

10/10/77

9:30PM-11:00PM

CBS

22.2

35

16,180,000

28,476,800

MON

10/11/76

9:30PM-11:00PM

CBS

27.3

41

19,440,000

34,389,360

MON

10/13/75

10:00PM-11:05PM

CBS

22.8

39

15,870,000

27,994,680

MON

10/14/74

10:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

27.1

41

18,560,000

33,222,400

MON

10/15/73

10:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

21.3

34

14,100,000

28,623,000

MON

10/16/72

10:00PM-11:00PM

CBS

24.4

38

15,810,000

29,880,900

SUN

10/10/71

10:00PM-11:00PM

NBC

20.5

34

12,730,000

25,841,900

WED

10/14/70

9:00PM - 10:00PM

NBC

22.3

33

13,400,000

N/A

WED

10/15/69

9:00PM - 10:00PM

NBC

20.7

N/A

12,110,000

23,380,000

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NOTE: The first live broadcast of the CMA Awards was in 1969 (source: www.cmaworld.com)
In 1969 the awards were named Kraft Music Hall.
Source: NTI Pocketpieces, Nielsen Audience Composition Reports, National Audience Demographics reports, and Galaxy Explorer

Copyright 2009 The Nielsen Company

* Live +Same Day Viewing Estimates On This Page Include DVR Playback On The Same Day, Defined As 3AM-3AM